Battery Life

[RavenSEAL]

Straight to the point, I have a cheap laptop with a Dual Core AMD P230 and a 5400RPM drive.

I love W7, it's so easy to use it's almost cheating, but, would any linux distros offer better battery life?

I find myself on the go very often with no access to power plugs for extended periods of time. At this point i've tweaks W7 to give me about 4-hrs on a full charge. Can linux top that without much difficulty or would it turn into 12hr command console marathons?

 

[lxskllr]

Actually, Windows seems to do better, especially compared to recent Linux kernels. They've figured out a fix to the power issues, but it hasn't made it into the kernel yet. For kicks, install Ubuntu 10.04 on a USB drive, and see what your run time is. Don't use a newer version, because they have the problematic kernel.

 

[Rifter]

agree with above, windows better for battery life on my laptop as well.